ArtistInfo

Billy Bob Thornton

voc, bvoc, *1955 US, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Singer / Songwriter of Rock and World
A.k.a. William Robert Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician.Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller One False Move, and came to international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following Sling Blade, including Oliver Stone's neo-noir U Turn (1997), political drama Primary Colors (1998), science fiction disaster film Armageddon (1998), which was the highest-grossing film of that year, and the crime drama A Simple Plan (1998), which earned him his third Academy Awards nominatio

Instruments

• Vocals
• Backing Vocals
• Drums

Genres

• Rock
• World
• Folk
• Blues
• Spoken Word

Plays With